Scott Crutcher
Class of 2010
From Babe Ruth no-hit stuff to SEC production, Scott Crutcher’s game always mixed power with poise. A Madison County native who grew up in northwest Huntsville, he starred at Davis Hills and J.O. Johnson, where he was a three-time All-City baseball player under Coach Max Burleson and the school’s 1978 Athlete of the Year.
Crutcher’s youth résumé hinted at what was coming: at 13 he threw a district-tournament no-hitter; two years later he helped lead the Northwest Babe Ruth All-Stars to the World Series, pitching 10 shutout innings and then walking it off with a 10th-inning home run to beat Jefferson City, Mo., 1–0 in the national semifinal.
He signed with Columbia (Tenn.) State Community College and started at third base for two seasons (1979–80), then transferred to Ole Miss. In his first year with the Rebels he played left field and hit .324 with 34 RBI, seven homers, four triples, and 11 doubles. As a senior he returned to third base and helped Ole Miss win the 1982 SEC Western Division title and finish third in the league tournament—capping a season that included five wins in seven meetings with rival Mississippi State. “If you’re at Ole Miss, five out of seven is big,” he said later.
Crutcher returned to Huntsville in 1983 to play independent baseball and softball and to pour his knowledge into youth programs across New Market, Riverton, and Central. In 2000 he organized the Riverton Braves, becoming a go-to teacher of hitting, pitching, and fielding fundamentals across Madison County. Professionally, he built a career at Lockheed Martin Space Systems as supervisor of Shipping and Receiving.
Scott and his wife, Marietta—childhood sweethearts—have a son, Colby. The arc fits: talent, teaching, and a steady love for the game.
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